Common Names
Flax; Linseed
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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LOTAUSTRALIN | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
LUCENIN-1 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
LUCENIN-2 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
LUTEOLIN | 78 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
LYSINE | 4 | Plant | not available | 0.2 | -1.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
LYSINE | 4 | Seed | not available | 2.5 | -1.64 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
MAGNESIUM | 65 | Hay | not available | 3100.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | 3715.0 | 7002.0 | 1.60 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
MALIC-ACID | 15 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
MANGANESE | 14 | Hay | not available | 8.1 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 50.0 | 70.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
MANNURONIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 4500.0 | 9000.0 | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -1.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
METHYL-LINAMARIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
MUCILAGE | 3 | Seed | 20000.0 | 84000.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
NEOLINUSTATIN | 1 | Seed | 19.0 | 4540.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
NH3 | 0 | Seed | not available | 3000.0 | -1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
NIACIN | 39 | Seed | not available | 15.0 | -0.83 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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11B-HSD-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets, e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp. |
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
5-HETE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Absorbent | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Acarifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
ACE-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Acidulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Aggregant | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 5 | Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993. |
Allelochemic | 3 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
Allelopathic | 3 | Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865. |
Allergenic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Amphiglycemic? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Analgesic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Androgenic? | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |